Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION C
HOUSING
Details of new housing accommodation completed in the Borough during 1959
are as follows:-
Poplar Borough Council 28 dwellings
London County Council 349 dwellings
The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1959, was as follows:-
Type of dwelling | No. of Lettings |
---|---|
Pre-war Council houses and flats | 1,058 |
Post-war Council houses and flats | 1,537 |
Temporary bungalows | 403 |
Old properties in Compulsory Purchase Areas | 68 |
Requisitioned Properties | 72 |
Acquired properties (Req. Houses Act, 1955) | 97 |
Other properties | 8 |
TOTAL PROPERTIES | 3,243 |
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